quote from Deadmeat (aka 'Nobody's Perfect', I think) from 2004 or 2005
QUOTE:
"I keep telling you, SCEI can't afford to lose money on PSP and PSX3
this time, while MS already marked $3 billion for Xbox Next losses.

I've had my PS-2 about 3 years now and lately it seems to have problems
reading some of my disks.  I have never cleaned my unit and was
wondering if I can use one of the Laser-Lens cleaners in my PS-2?
Thanks in advance

Sony demo'd a PS3 debug unit for IGN (seems they *still* don't have retail
units to show to the press, despite launch being less than a month away),
and while IGN liked a lot of what they saw, the controller was a major
disappointment:

Apparently the batteries in the PS3 controller are *not* replaceable
(sorta like an iPod).
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/18/ps3-controllers-play-and-toss/

lol Now if _THAT_ doesn't get people to buy a PlayStation 3, I don't
know what will!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/technology/20game.html
Sony Readies Its PlayStation 3 for Battle

SC:DA info
http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=84037
R:FoM info
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/740/740239p1.html

While you are waiting for your PS3 to come out, check out
www.triggerclicker.com. This will give you some free, fun games to play
while you are waiting (who knows when it will launch). If you like a
particular game, please feel free to send us feedback from the website.

To be made available through public mirrors worldwide.
http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/news/2006/2006-10-17.shtml
Terra Soft to Provide Linux for the Sony PLAYSTATION®3.
LOVELAND, Colorado - 17 October 2006 - Terra Soft is proud to announce

Apparently that's what Def Jam 3 producer Kudo Tsunoda (of EA Chicago)
is quoted as saying from this magazine scan.
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25070371
"We are fully hitting 100% of the PS3's capabilities with this product.

I should say video made by, you only hear my voice, my brother is the
main attraction of this video.
My brother used to play the guitar all the time and listen to ska music
while he skateboarded, that was 2 weeks ago, now he's hanging around a

Just really, really pathetic how poorly xflop 3-shitty is doing in
comparison to the PS2.
Source: NPD, sales for the U.S. for September 2006:
1. NDS - 403,435

I don't mean to take attention away from the sock puppet flamewars by
posting something that's actually on topic for this NG, but is anyone
playing Bully yet? Thoughts? Mini review? Worth picking up?
-Z-

It is always interesting to see the cowardly xflop fanbitches
conveniently ignore actual news events about the xflop 3-shitty, over
trying to spread lies and total fabrications about the PS3, like
Micro$haft reporting a $1,300,000,000 loss on the xflop 3-shitty for

OH YEAH!!! xflop 3-shitty is S-O-O-O DEAD! The PS3 multiplayer is
shaping up to be 10 times better than anything the xflop 3-shitty has.
It is obvious the PS3 has more than enough power to handle many more
players with huge particle and smoke effects, gigantic maps, 1080p and

Yowza, PS3 Fight Night Round 3 is looking to be incredible and pounds
the xflop 3-shitty version into a bloody pulp. Oh, the xflop 3-shitty
version was slightly better than the XFLop version but not by much. One
thing is the ring girl was only so-so and definitely looked like